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ECOLOGICAL BENCHMARK [1 record]

Record 1 2011-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

[Core representative areas] are also important as ecological benchmarks - areas in which there is no development that can be used as control areas for distinguishing environmental change that occurs as a result of industrial disturbance as distinct from natural variation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

[Les zones centrales représentatives] sont également importantes en tant que repères écologiques - des zones dans lesquelles il n'y a pas de développement et qui peuvent être utilisées comme zones témoins pour faire la distinction entre les changements environnementaux dus aux perturbations industrielles et la variation naturelle du milieu.

Spanish

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